Quote Originally Posted by spaldy View Post
WS,

you are correct. However, I should have been clearer. The reality was that Nazi Germany was the best prepared, best generals and troops and the most motivated populace in the world at the start of WWII. Only the briliance of Churchhill, will of the UK people and the fact the Yanks broke the blockade (preventing the collapse of the UK) prevented all of Europe from falling. Russia, or for that matter, china have none of those factors.
Agreed, but sadly two full generations who have grown (largely), without the threats that Churchill and others warned of has resulted in the soft, "woke" generation who feel entitled without bearing and sense of responsibility. It may well be that the NATO armed forces are technically and tactically superior, but not numerically and as Ukraine has shown Putin is happy to use ground troops of ANY "quality" as cannon fodder. NATO commanders couldn't and wouldn't.